. Rod and gun . se cold of thenight. Comyn declared he froze one ofhis hands by leaving it outside of theblankets. On that morning also Sam-sons portly figure shewed an increasein rotundity, which was caused by hisencasement in no less than four flannelshirts, but he declared he was no morethan comfortably warm when so clad. Flies, outside of fishing flies, were notmuch in evidence this year, exceptingduring the few fairly warm days; andon these days a smudge made of crum-pled paper inside of an empty tomatocan, the crumples filled with Dalmatianpowder, lighted and placed in the middleof the t
. Rod and gun . se cold of thenight. Comyn declared he froze one ofhis hands by leaving it outside of theblankets. On that morning also Sam-sons portly figure shewed an increasein rotundity, which was caused by hisencasement in no less than four flannelshirts, but he declared he was no morethan comfortably warm when so clad. Flies, outside of fishing flies, were notmuch in evidence this year, exceptingduring the few fairly warm days; andon these days a smudge made of crum-pled paper inside of an empty tomatocan, the crumples filled with Dalmatianpowder, lighted and placed in the middleof the tents so successfully disposed ofthe mosquitoes that nettings over thebeds were unnecessary. Xo touch-emdope rubbed on the face, hands and armsafforded sufficient protection outside thetents. Comyns invention of a break windmade of cotton from Doyles was a newfeature. This wind break was useful forvarious purposes, one of which was anotable increase of flies immediately be-hind its shelter. Another was a distinct. Vanderpool and one mornings catch at Grand Codroy Eiver,Newfoundland. June, 190B. tendency to cause the smoke to back upon those about the camp fire, ^arioussuggestions were olTered as remedy forthese slight inconveniences, amongstothers, one that it be placed back of thefire, another, that it be set up on theother side of the river. But there wereoccasions whten it did good service, andthese were when the wind blew as itonly can blow in Newfoundland. No luck attended their first morn-ings efforts on the river, and by invi-tation of Mr- Whitman, who occupiedthe comfortable permanent camp atOverfall, two and a half miles above,they dined at one oclock with him, whenJohn Getty, that veteran cook, put on amost appetising meal. Late in the after-noon they left and distributed them-selves in thte pools between the twocamps. Redbank was faithfully fishedwithout result by Samson, the rapids be-low by Vanderpool, where he secured asalmon which tipped the scales at fif-teen pou
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